Stonewall Inn Wall of Honor Inductees

The Wall of Honor at the historic Stonewall Inn will induct 7 trailblazing individuals on June 26th. This year’s ceremony is especially significant as all honorees are trans advocates recognized for their enduring impact & leadership. Nicole Murray Ramirez, Founder of the Wall of Honor stated, “A community-indeed, a movement-that does not know where it came from or whose shoulders it stands on does not really know where it’s going. In these times, when there are radical & extreme campaigns trying to erase our transgender community, the Imperial Courts and Task Force are reminding us all that transgender people have not only always been here, but have also been some of our community’s most dedicated activists & leaders.” This year’s inductees are Ruddy Martinez “Mami Ruddys” who since the 1980s opened her home to nurture, shelter & empower young LGBTQ people rejected by their families, Chili Pepper a fierce activist largely revered for her AIDS awareness activism, Lynn Conway was an electrical engineer, computer scientist & activist, Alan L. Hart a physicist, novelist & writer is considered one of the very first people to receive gender affirming surgery to live as a man, Bianca Castro-Arabejo of RuPaul’s Drag Race & starred in FX Pose as Veronica Ferocity, The Lady Chablis best known from her self-portrayal in the film Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil & Sam Nordquist the Black trans man that was tortured for nearly 3 months before being found dead in Hopewell, NY last February. The Wall of Honor was inaugurated by the International Imperial Court Council & the National LGBTQ Task Force in 2019 with 50 names to mark the 50th anniversary of Stonewall.

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